a little guilt’s good for you, but this is ridiculous

Ah, here is one that I’ll be working on for a while. Forever, maybe. The Big One: Guilt. The Dalai Lama says this: ‘Guilt, as experienced in Western culture, is connected with hopelessness and discouragement and is past-oriented. Genuine remorse, however, is a healthy state of mind – it is future-oriented, connected with hope, and […]

Self help

For various reasons, I was feeling rather low the last day or two.  My energy was gone, I was feeling very negative, I was dwelling on some things that I know better than to worry about.  Just a crappy time – I’ve been there before, I’ll be there again. This morning I slept in a […]

Fry Day

I don’t have any funny bus stories tonight, interwebs. It’s been one of those days. Yes, I took the bus to work and home, because, well, the car still isn’t ready. I talked to a guy on the bus this morning who remembers when staff parking was $15 a year. I pay that every month […]